1) Activity: Paired Brainstorming; Students will Make predictions about the book and connect it to other stories they have read and make hopeful statements to relate it to themselves. Assessment will be made by noting logical statements and connections as well as completeness of page. a. Standard: RL 5.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
2) Activity: Terms in Advance (vocabulary and phonics) As they go through the story, students will draw a line to match the vocabulary words on the outside of the page with their matching definitions, found in the inner columns. Students should use the book context first to help them define the words, and may use the dictionary or thesaurus if they still cannot figure the word out. They may click the "listen" button to learn how to pronounce words. Assessment is determined by completeness and correct answers. Students may correct their answers for half credit. a. Standard: RL 5.4 Craft and Structure. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similies.
3) Activity: Focus Questions Students will answer these questions three times throughout the story, before, during, and after reading it. Their answers may stay the same, but it is encouraged that they adapt their answers according to what they discover as they read. Assessment based on completeness of answers and deeper thinking as book continues. a. Standard: RL 5.9 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas. Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.
1) Activity: Writeboard in small groups about Ella's "journey" through the book. The class will be taken to the computer lab and will answer the questions posted on the writeboard in their small groups. Assessment based on participation, cooperation, and complete answers. a. Standard: RL 5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. http://123.writeboard.com/7d6n3avcglepi4rj password: HoneyBee 2) Activity: Write a newspaper clip Students will choose a part of the story Ella Enchanted to write a newspaper clip about. It may be a main detail, such as her curse or her search for Lucinda, or it may be a smaller part of the story, such as an obituary for her mother's funeral, an article about Uaaxee's wedding, or an advertisement for Madame Edith's Finishing School. Here is an example of what the finished product might look like. Assessment based on relevance to story, creative ideas, grammar and completeness. a. Standard: RL 5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. 3) Activity: KWL Chart about Cinderella and Fantasy; students will fill out KWL at designated times throughout the story, beginning with what they know before the story begins and what they want to know, and ending with what they have learned about fantasy and this particular version of Cinderella at the end. Students will be assessed by completeness of the chart and noticeable change in thought as the story continues.
a. Standard: RL 5.9 Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.
Consolidation
1) Activity: The teacher will make a list of important words in the book. Then each student in the class will make a list of ten words they have found throughout the story Ella Enchanted. They will list their words on a sheet of paper. Then the class will make a master list of the words, using them only once. These words will be put into a "Wordle", which will be the students' general study guide for their test on the book. Students will be assessed in their ability to choose words that have value in the story, rather than general or everyday words. http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/2800921/Ella_project a. Standard: RL 5.5 Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem. b. Standard: RL 5.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes. 2) Activity: Ella Enchanted Quiz: After completing the book, each student will do this quiz. For each incorrect answer, they are allowed to write why they chose that answer, as well as what they think the correct answer might be and what chapter it is in for full credit. Assessment will be based on correct answers and responses during correction. a. Standard: 3) Activity: "Save the Last Word for Me"; students will each be given a notecard on which they will right a quote of particular interest from the story. On the back they will explain why they liked that particular part of the story so much. In small groups, each student will talk about the quote, and the student who wrote it will read what the back of their card said after everyone else has said their bit. Assessment will be based on participation, appropriateness of quote and explanation, and consideration for the thoughts and feelings of others. Standard: RL 5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. Standard: RL 5.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text. Standard: RL 5.6 Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described.
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Anticipation
1) Activity: Paired Brainstorming; Students will Make predictions about the book and connect it to other stories they have read and make hopeful statements to relate it to themselves. Assessment will be made by noting logical statements and connections as well as completeness of page.
a. Standard: RL 5.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
2) Activity: Terms in Advance (vocabulary and phonics)
As they go through the story, students will draw a line to match the vocabulary words on the outside of the page with their matching definitions, found in the inner columns. Students should use the book context first to help them define the words, and may use the dictionary or thesaurus if they still cannot figure the word out. They may click the "listen" button to learn how to pronounce words. Assessment is determined by completeness and correct answers. Students may correct their answers for half credit.
a. Standard: RL 5.4 Craft and Structure. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similies.
3) Activity: Focus Questions
Students will answer these questions three times throughout the story, before, during, and after reading it. Their answers may stay the same, but it is encouraged that they adapt their answers according to what they discover as they read. Assessment based on completeness of answers and deeper thinking as book continues.
a. Standard: RL 5.9 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas. Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.
Building Knowledge
1) Activity: Writeboard in small groups about Ella's "journey" through the book. The class will be taken to the computer lab and will answer the questions posted on the writeboard in their small groups. Assessment based on participation, cooperation, and complete answers.a. Standard: RL 5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
http://123.writeboard.com/7d6n3avcglepi4rj
password: HoneyBee
2) Activity: Write a newspaper clip
Students will choose a part of the story Ella Enchanted to write a newspaper clip about. It may be a main detail, such as her curse or her search for Lucinda, or it may be a smaller part of the story, such as an obituary for her mother's funeral, an article about Uaaxee's wedding, or an advertisement for Madame Edith's Finishing School. Here is an example of what the finished product might look like. Assessment based on relevance to story, creative ideas, grammar and completeness.
a. Standard: RL 5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
3) Activity: KWL Chart about Cinderella and Fantasy; students will fill out KWL at designated times throughout the story, beginning with what they know before the story begins and what they want to know, and ending with what they have learned about fantasy and this particular version of Cinderella at the end. Students will be assessed by completeness of the chart and noticeable change in thought as the story continues.
a. Standard: RL 5.9 Compare and contrast stories in the same genre (e.g., mysteries and adventure stories) on their approaches to similar themes and topics.
Consolidation
1) Activity: The teacher will make a list of important words in the book. Then each student in the class will make a list of ten words they have found throughout the story Ella Enchanted. They will list their words on a sheet of paper. Then the class will make a master list of the words, using them only once. These words will be put into a "Wordle", which will be the students' general study guide for their test on the book. Students will be assessed in their ability to choose words that have value in the story, rather than general or everyday words.http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/2800921/Ella_project
a. Standard: RL 5.5 Explain how a series of chapters, scenes, or stanzas fits together to provide the overall structure of a particular story, drama, or poem.
b. Standard: RL 5.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
2) Activity: Ella Enchanted Quiz: After completing the book, each student will do this quiz. For each incorrect answer, they are allowed to write why they chose that answer, as well as what they think the correct answer might be and what chapter it is in for full credit. Assessment will be based on correct answers and responses during correction.
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3) Activity: "Save the Last Word for Me"; students will each be given a notecard on which they will right a quote of particular interest from the story. On the back they will explain why they liked that particular part of the story so much. In small groups, each student will talk about the quote, and the student who wrote it will read what the back of their card said after everyone else has said their bit. Assessment will be based on participation, appropriateness of quote and explanation, and consideration for the thoughts and feelings of others.
Standard: RL 5.1 Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Standard: RL 5.2 Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
Standard: RL 5.6 Describe how a narrator’s or speaker’s point of view influences how events are described.